Wednesday, October 15, 2014

Make It Monday - Gold-Dipped Leaf

Hello friends! My husband and I are celebrating our 20th anniversary this week, and I'm sharing the card I made for the love o'my life with you:

How's this for a coincidence: I had been cooking up a card idea in my mind, and decided to feature a single golden leaf, made using gold embossing powder. Then, on Monday of this week, Papertrey Ink's Make It Monday challenge is...guess what? Gold-dipped die cuts!! I used two PTI products on this card, so, of course, I'm entering there. (Daily Designs Sentiments, Tiny Tags die)

This card has some symbolism going on:

We were married in the fall, hence the leaf motif.

Our fancy china, which we had registered for before the wedding, is Noritake's Opulence. Look at the color palette:

Even the swirls in the 'black marble' portion of the plate are represented, using Elegant Flourishes dies from Tim Holtz. I used the Faux Embossing technique to achieve it.

This past weekend, my husband and I visited Newport, Rhode Island to celebrate our milestone anniversary. We toured five of the mansions, ate wonderful food, stayed in an historic hotel - The Hotel Viking - and enjoyed each other's company. The last time we visited there, I was pregnant with our first child, 17 years ago. I want to show you pictures, but it's been a full week and I've not had the time to photo-edit yet.

Here's one pic to share for now. This is The Elms, a summer 'cottage' built by the Berwind family.

Congrats on your anniversary. Your card is perfect for it - impressive how you incorporated all of it! Love the gold leaf with the sentiment tied to it. Great idea. Sounds like your trip was really great too. Fun times. Hugz!

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